Parisian covered passages - guided tour

166 Rue de Rivoli 75001 Paris

From the end of the Ancien Régime to the Second Empire, there were about 140 covered passages. Today, only about twenty remain. Spread on both sides of the Right Bank, they are mainly concentrated in the Louvre district and the old Stock Exchange. Now classified as historic monuments, each passage and gallery has its own tone and atmosphere. These ve… Your walk will begin in front of the Comédie-Française to discover where the very first covered passage stood, today gone. We will then cross the gardens of the Palais Royal to …